With less than a week to travel until the beginning of Nfl Free agency, Seattle Seahawks are suddenly in a very precarious position: they do not have a starting quarter.
Geno Smith was Seattle’s starter in the past three seasons, but he will not return in 2025 after the Seahawks did the Surprising decision to exchange it Friday, at the Raiders of Las Vegas. According to In illustrated sportsSmith wanted a contract extension which would pay him at least $ 45 million a year, but the Seahawks did not want to hire more than $ 35 million per season to the 34 -year -old man.
You generally do not see a team exchanging its starting quarter just before the start of the free agency unless she already has an idea of ​​who will replace him, but that seems to be what has just happened here. In 2022, the Seahawks negotiated Russell Wilson at the Broncos de Denver, but this decision did not come with a huge risk because Smith was already in Seattle to take control of the departure post.
This time, there are certainly risks because there is no obvious replacement. The Seahawks could turn to Sam Howell, which is currently the only quarter-rear in the list, but the most likely scenario is that they end up adding a quarter-back leaving for a free agency.
In this spirit, take a look at some of their main options:
After conducting the Vikings of Minnesota to a 14-3 file last season, Darnold is undoubtedly the best quarter of this year’s free agent class. He comes out of a career season which saw him rank fifth in the NFL in the two yards by the pass (4,319) and the Touché passes (35). Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald had a first-hand look at Darnold in week 16 during a 27-24 defeat against the Vikings. In this match, Darnold launched 246 yards and three affected, including a winning score of 39 yards at Justin Jefferson with less than four minutes to play.
A connection that Darnold has with Seattle is that he knows the attacking coordinator of the Seahawks, Klint Kubiak. He was the coordinator of the game of 49ers in a 2023 season when Darnold was a quarter aid in San Francisco. According to AthleticsThe Seahawks are already targeting Darnold.
This could be an intriguing option for Seahawks and it is mainly because Cousins ​​spent a lot of time with the new attacking coordinator of Seahawks Klint Kubiak. During the six seasons of cousins ​​in Minnesota, Kubiak was there for three of them, including two AS QB Coach (2019-20) and one as an offensive coordinator (2021). During the isolated season of Kubiak as an offensive coordinator of Minnesota, Cousins ​​launched the second most important touchdown in his career (33) and he also had the lowest interception percentage of his career.
Cousins ​​is stuck in Atlanta at the moment, but he clearly does not want to be there. If the Falcons are not willing to cut it before the start of the free agency, the Seahawks may have to trade with Atlanta to land the cousins. The veteran has a clause without exchange, but he would probably give him up a chance to be a starting quarter.
The disadvantage with cousins ​​is that he is 36 years old and that he comes out of a season when he was a bench. However, he said his A bad game in 2024 was due to injuriesIt is therefore possible that he can be much better in 2025 because he will be completely healed
Klint Kubiak has been apparently fascinated by the fields for some time, which could make the old quarter of the Steelers a name to watch here. In 2021, the Vikings were actually Hoping to land the fields in the draft of the NFL with the 14th overall choiceBut the Bears exchanged to obtain it in 11th row.
After missing the fields, Kubiak and the Vikings ended up staying with cousins ​​as a starter and he ended up going 8-8.
Kubiak did not obtain the fields in 2021, but he now has a chance to do so four years later and he could be interested after an impressive 2024 season when Fields went 4-2 as a starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In addition, Fields could be intrigued by the idea of ​​going to Seattle because he would find him with the Seahawks QB coach Andrew Janocko, who was the QB coach of Fields in Chicago for two years (2022-23). And let’s not forget, Fields went to Ohio State with Jaxson Smith-Migba, who led the Seahawks in the reception yards last season.
During an interview in 2024, Smith-Njigba clearly indicated that he thinks that the fields can be a QB1 in the NFL.
Smith-Njigba could already recruit fields in Seattle.
At this point, Rodgers seems to be a long time here, but if someone wants to take a risk, it would be John Schneider. The general manager of the Seahawks spent eight years at the Front Office des Packers, and for five of these seasons, Rodgers was part of the team. The disadvantage of Rodgers is that he is 41 years old and that he sometimes had trouble during the 2024 season, it therefore seems unlikely that he would land in Seattle unless he is ready to conclude an extremely user -friendly agreement.
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5. Write a quarter to compete with Sam Howell
The Seahawks already have a QB on their list with a starting experience, and it’s Howell, which started 17 games for commanders in 2023. The Seahawks could simply write a quarter-arre and make competing with the recruit with Howell. With the selection of Seattle in the 18th row, he would probably not be able to obtain one of the best quarters of the draft, but could use a choice of day 2 or 3 on someone like Jaxson Dart, Kyle McCord, Jalen Milroe or Quinn Ewers.
